Halt OrderInstantCounter target artifact spell. An artificer's least favorite mind-missive may be "I regret to inform you that the funding for your project has been cut." |
|
|||||||
Steady ProgressInstantProliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) "More of that strange oil . . . It's probably nothing." |
|
|||||||
Stoic RebuttalInstantMetalcraft - Stoic Rebuttal costs less to cast if you control three or more artifacts. Obsessed with the pursuit of knowledge above all else, vedalken can appear to be cold and emotionless. |
|
|||||||
Turn AsideInstantCounter target spell that targets a permanent you control. "It's not my job to ask our leaders about their experiments at the Knowledge Pool. It's my job to make sure they can continue performing them." |
|
|||||||
Twisted ImageInstantSwitch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. "True strength is in the mind, for the body is too malleable a form." |
|
|||||||
Vault SkywardInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. Untap it. "The edges of the Quicksilver Sea run dark with the spread of the Mephidross. Two more aerial passes before I can be sure what I'm seeing . . ." |
|
|||||||
Grasp of DarknessInstantTarget creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. On a world with five suns, night is compelled to become an aggressive force. |
|
|||||||
Instill InfectionInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature. "The results of our ninth inoculation were the same. The specimen was, of course, euthanized before the contagion could spread." |
|
|||||||
Tainted StrikeInstantTarget creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) "Welcome to perfection." |
|
|||||||
Galvanic BlastInstantGalvanic Blast deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Mirrodin has little weather, but it certainly has lightning. |
|
|||||||
ShatterInstantDestroy target artifact. "I am an artist, a builder, a creator . . . I create the biggest explosions around." |
||||||||
Blunt the AssaultInstantYou gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. "Much can be gained from the appearance of vulnerability." |
|
|||||||
Carrion CallInstantPut two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with infect onto the battlefield. (They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) The natural order is out of order. |
|
|||||||
Slice in TwainInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. "The hypocrisy of these elves is thicker than steel-destroying ‘unnatural metal' with their own enchanted swords." |
|
|||||||
Tel-Jilad DefianceInstantTarget creature gains protection from artifacts until end of turn. The Viridian elves had purged their culture of the trolls' traitorous influence. In times of strife, however, the ancestral memories returned. |
|
|||||||
Untamed MightInstantTarget creature gets +X/+X until end of turn. "Beasts kill for their very survival. If you would have their strength, you must know their desperation." |
|
|||||||
Wing PunctureInstantTarget creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature with flying. "If I were the air, I wouldn't taunt the ground. It has the weight advantage." |
|
|||||||
Withstand DeathInstantTarget creature is indestructible this turn. (Lethal damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it's still put into its owner's graveyard.) On Mirrodin, every conflict ends in either death or darksteel. |
|
|||||||
Emerge UnscathedInstantTarget creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
|
|
|||||||
Harmless AssaultInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by attacking creatures. After encasing it in a paralyzing beam of light, the angel studied the Eldrazi as a child would study a bug, curiously and without fear. |
|
|||||||
Puncturing LightInstantDestroy target attacking or blocking creature with power 3 or less. "The vampires knew what was coming. I know it. And they did nothing. They deserve to feel the same agony they've caused all of us." |
|
|||||||
Repel the DarknessInstantTap up to two target creatures. A boon to those who cannot see in the dark. A bane to those who live in it. |
|
|||||||
SmiteInstantDestroy target blocked creature. "The mighty rely solely on their strength. They are shocked when we do the same." |
|
|||||||
Aura FinesseInstantAttach target Aura you control to target creature. "Although armor and auras can be similar, the brains required to use them are worlds apart." |
|
|||||||
DepriveInstantAs an additional cost to cast Deprive, return a land you control to its owner's hand. "That would have brought shame to you as a mage. Tell you what-I'll keep your secret." |
|
|||||||
Lay BareInstantCounter target spell. Look at its controller's hand. "It's good to learn from your failures, but I prefer to learn from the failures of others." |
|
|||||||
Reality SpasmInstantChoose one - Tap X target permanents; or untap X target permanents. From the moment the first Eldrazi spawn squirmed free, everything on Zendikar took on an adjusted meaning, a new slant toward or away from the waking giants. |
|
|||||||
RegressInstantReturn target permanent to its owner's hand. "Never look too deep, where the waters turn dark. What the sea has hidden there may not stay down forever." |
|
|||||||
Unified WillInstantCounter target spell if you control more creatures than that spell's controller. "We're glad to be of service-to be an audience to your failure." |
|
|||||||
Consume the MeekInstantDestroy each creature with converted mana cost 3 or less. They can't be regenerated. "Why does it destroy? It does, and to talk of reasons wastes time and breath." |
|
|||||||
Induce DespairInstantAs an additional cost to cast Induce Despair, reveal a creature card from your hand. All the angel saw was her doom. |
|
|||||||
Last KissInstantLast Kiss deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life. "Romanticize it, glamorize it, call it what you will. To me, it will always be carnal, bloody murder." |
|
|||||||
Suffer the PastInstantExile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Ulamog's tentacles, their touch like burning ice, rummaged through his soul and stung his memories one by one. |
|
|||||||
VendettaInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness. "Consider my debt to your kin paid in full." |
|
|||||||
Virulent SwipeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.
|
|
|||||||
Heat RayInstantHeat Ray deals X damage to target creature. "There was clearly a scream. I'm not sure if there was a mouth." |
|
|||||||
Spawning BreathInstantSpawning Breath deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Put a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool." Death by death, Kozilek's lineage spread. |
|
|||||||
StaggershockInstantStaggershock deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
|
|
|||||||
Leaf ArrowInstantLeaf Arrow deals 3 damage to target creature with flying. "Those who think the trees shall remain bystanders throughout this conflict shall be sorely mistaken." |
|
|||||||
Living DestinyInstantAs an additional cost to cast Living Destiny, reveal a creature card from your hand. "That our enemies are great only brings us greater hope." |
|